Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Jerry McBride on Tuesday 05 February 2008 17:46 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in
>>> | its history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for
>>> | Yahoo Inc.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
>>>
>>> Microsoft says it itself. Trolls cannot deny this.
>>>
>>
>> I really, really, really ope the deal goes through. It would be of Titantic
>> proportions... hehehe
>
> They just hope to sink Google before it grows bigger than Microsoft. It's all
> or nothing at all. Microsoft pawns the house.
>
I think that if it goes ahead, it will probably be the end of both
Microsoft and Yahoo. Aside from anything else, Microsoft will get even
more anti-trust interest, and the whole thing utterly fails to address
the singular issue that Microsoft's problems are internal, not external.
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